RESULT
13th match (N), Mohali, April 19, 2016, Indian Premier League
(17.1/20 ov, T:139) 141/4

KKR won by 6 wickets (with 17 balls remaining)

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Spinners, Uthappa lift Knight Riders to top of table

Another dominant bowling performance followed by another effortless chase led Kolkata Knight Riders to their third win of the season, a six-wicket victory over Kings XI Punjab that took them top of the table

Kolkata Knight Riders 141 for 4 (Uthappa 53, Gambhir 34, Sahu 2-18) beat Kings XI Punjab 138 for 8 (Marsh 56*, Narine 2-22) by six wickets
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Another dominant bowling performance followed by another effortless chase led Kolkata Knight Riders to their third win of the season, a six-wicket victory over Kings XI Punjab that took them top of the table. Knight Riders' bowling depth proved telling as their spinners ripped through Kings XI, who put in a sub-par batting performance, to keep them to 138 for 8. In the chase, Robin Uthappa's quickfire fifty effectively sealed the game. It was the 12th win by a chasing team in 13 games this season.
Put in to bat, Kings XI lost Manan Vohra early when he flicked Morne Morkel to deep square leg but M Vijay looked in rhythm, scything drives and cuts before failing to pick a googly from Piyush Chawla. A slow start was made slower when Wriddhiman Saha, promoted to No. 4, struggled in a 14-ball 8. Shaun Marsh, though, held one end up despite not being at his most fluent.
The stage was set for either David Miller or Glenn Maxwell to fire their side back, but Knight Riders' experienced bowling attack strangled Kings XI's middle order. With two left-handers batting - Marsh and Miller - Gautam Gambhir turned to Yusuf Pathan for the first time this season. The move reaped rewards when Miller edged Yusuf's first ball and Uthappa took a sharp catch. Maxwell tried a switch-hit off Sunil Narine soon after walking in, and Kings XI's season was summed up when he picked out extra cover. Narine's remodeled action returned two wickets in a frugal spell in which he only conceded 5.50 an over. From 94 for 5 in the 15th over, there was little Kings XI could do but rebuild.
Marsh used swift footwork and was particularly effective square of the wicket on both sides. He got to his fifty in the last over with a sweetly-timed lofted drive over long-on. Along with Kyle Abbott, he took Andre Russell's first over - the last of the innings - for 18 to lift Kings XI to 138.
With that total, Kings XI needed early wickets to have any hope, but Uthappa and Gambhir denied them by hitting nine boundaries in a 65-run Powerplay, the most productive this season.
The seamers, Sandeep Sharma and Abbott, were inconsistent, but even when they found their lengths, Uthappa cleared the infield with lofted strokes on the up on a pitch offering even bounce.
Uthappa eased himself to his first fifty of the season, getting to the landmark in just 24 balls, before getting out to a premeditated sweep, playing around a full delivery from Pardeep Sahu. Gambhir looked set for another fifty before a leading edge was acrobatically taken by Glenn Maxwell, running in from deep midwicket.
Axar Patel removed Manish Pandey and Shakib Al Hasan, but Knight Riders were too close to their target by then, and Suryakumar Yadav and Yusuf took them home with 17 balls to spare.

Nikhil Kalro is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo

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Over 18 • KKR 141/4

KKR won by 6 wickets (with 17 balls remaining)
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